Japan
Political Culture Homogeneity/Uniqueness Isolation Borrowing Communitarian Adaptability/Organizational ability Emperor Power is behind the scenes
Periods of History 10th-17th: Feudal Japan 1600-1853 Tokugawa Era 1868 Meiji Restoration 1920s-1940s: Institutionalists vs. Nationalists
Post-War Japan Occupation 1946 Constitution Diet Article 9 Diet House of Representatives House of Councillors Prime Minister and cabinet
Parliamentary Process for PM PM and House serve full term Party wins majority House PM PM dies or General elects takes resigns election PM office of Lower House No party wins No Confidence fails majority motion passes Parties negotiate PM dissolves to form coalition House (50% of seats, plus one)
Iron Triangle Liberal Democratic Party Business Ministries
1955 System LDP: Liberal Democratic Party SDPJ: Social Democratic Party of Japan Consensus Politics
Tokyo 1945
Tokyo 50-60 Years later
Collapse of 1955 System 1993 Election Rise of Democratic Party of Japan Koizumi Junichiro 2001-2007